January newsletter and officer biographies

January 1981 January 1981 HERMOSA BEACH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY 550 Pier Avenue Hermosa Beach, Ca. 90254 "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." ANNUAL MEETING: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, at the library. The New Year brings a new slate of officers. The nominating committee met in December and offers the candidates named below. December also brought one of our most successful book sales of all time. Net was $ Proceeds (of this event only) will go to the Evie Belasco Memorial Fund which is dedicated to scholarship purposes. The hard working sale committee included President Bill Malone and wife Charlotte; Gordon and Betty Evans, John and Lorraine Hales, Myron and Pat Gazin; Leon Ragonesi and Jack Belasco. Librarian Louise Mazerov reports that 22 new large print titles have arrived at the library. They are a special purchase made possible, among others, by our recent gift of $1,000. Ms. Mazerov declared the children's Christmas party, December 20, a great success, with Jack Belasco taking the hoho role of Santa. Grim note: Federal income tax forms are now available at the library for your convenience. California's state forms are expected shortly. About the candidates: Joan Greenwald, who operates Allstate Tax Service with her husband Robert, is a native of London, where she was educated. (She is a war bride!) Both Greenwalds have been thoroughly involved in Hermosa events since moving her in 1965. They have a grown son and daughter, plus one grandchild. Joan's hobbies are travel, reading and needlework. Susan Izant, native of Minneapolis, went to school at Devil's Lake, N.D. . She and husband, Steve (who works for Hosts International) have been residents here since 1978 and members of Friends for the same span. Her hobbies are classic piano, reading and jogging. Harriet Rauschenberger, who goes into her second term as recording secretary is a native of Colorado, but grew up in California. Her schooling includes stints at the University of Mexico and a degree in Liberal Arts from University of California at Berkeley. She has worked as a curator of cultural history for the Children's Museum of Brooklyn (N.Y.) and as curator of education at the Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art in Phoenix, Arizona. Corresponding secretary, Delma Peery, former FoL president, has been here since 1938. She started Wind Bells Cottage, which she describes as "third oldest retail shop in Hermosa" in 1946, and celebrated its 34th anniversary last August. "My roots are very deep in this small jewel of a city," she says. Clyde W. Malone, Jr., after two terms as president, will take over the bookkeeping job as treasurer. An attorney since 1953, he also likes golf and the U.S.C. Trojans, and collects Tarzan and O'Hara. President ...... Joan Greenwald Vice President ...... Susan Izant Corresponding Secretary ...... Delma Peery Recording Secretary ...... Harriet Rauschenberger Treasurer ...... Clyde W. Malone, Jr. Bring ballot to meeting of Jan. 21, or deposit at the library. 1981 memberships available at the library - $2.00.

January 1981 January 1981
HERMOSA BEACH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
550 Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, Ca. 90254
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
ANNUAL MEETING: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, at the library.
The New Year brings a new slate of officers. The nominating committee met in December and offers the candidates named below.
December also brought one of our most successful book sales of all time. Net was S
Proceeds (of this event only) will go to the Evie Belasco Memorial Fund which is
dedicated to scholarship purposes. The hard working sale conmittee included President
Bill Malone and wife Charlotte; Gordon and Betty Evans, John and Lorraine Hales, Myron
and Pat Gazin; Leon Ragonesi and Jack Belasco.
Librarian Louise Mazerov reports that 22 new large print titles have arrived at
the library.They are a special purchase made possible, among others, by our recent gift of $1,000.
Ms. Mazerov declared the children's Christmas party, December 20, a great success,
with Jack Belasco taking the hoho role of Santa.
Grim note: Federal income tax forms are now available at the library for your
convenience. California's state forms are expected shortly.
About the candidates: Joan Greenwald, who operates Allstate Tax Service with her
husband Robert, is a native of London, where she was educated. (She is a war bride.)
Both Greenwalds have been thoroughly involved in Hermosa events since moving her in
1965. _ They have a grown son and daughter, plus one grandchild. Joan's hobbies are
travel, reading and needlework.
Susan Izant, native of Mirneapolis, went to school at Devil's Lake, N.D. ? She
and husband, Steve who works for Hosts International) have been residents here since
1978 and members of Friends for the same span. Her hobbies are classic piano, reading
and jogging.
Harriet Rauschenberger, who goes into her second term as recording secretary is
a native of Colorado, but grew up in California. Her schooling includes stints at the
University of Mexico and a degree in Liberal Arts from University of California at
Berkeley. She has worked as a curator of cultural history for the Children's Museum of Brooklyn (N.Y.) and as curator of education at the Heard Museum of Anthropology
and Primitive Art in Phoenix, Arizona.
Corresponding secretary, Delma Peery, former FoL president, has been here since
1938. She started Wind Bells Cottage, which she describes as "third oldest retail
shop in Hermosa" in 1946, and celebrated its 34th anniversary last August. "My roots
are very deep in this small jewel of a city," she says.
Clyde W. Malone, Jr., after two terms as president, will take over the bookkeeping
job as treasurer. An attorney since 1953, he also likes golf and the U.S.C. Trojans,
and collects Tarzan and O'Hara.
President Joan Greenwald
Vice President Susan Izant
Corresponding Secretary Delma Peery
Recording Secretary ...... Harriet Rauschenberger
Treasurer ...... Clyde W. Malone, Jr.
Bring ballot to meeting of Jan. 21, or deposit at the library. 1981 memberships available at the library - $2,00.